Vasily Kostenko
- Senior Research Fellow:International Laboratory of Positive Psychology of Personality and Motivation
- Associate Professor:Faculty of Social Sciences / School of Psychology
- Programme Academic Supervisor:Positive Psychology
- Vasily Kostenko has been at HSE University since 2012.
Education and Degrees
- 2017
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD)
- 2011
Degree
Orel State University
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.
Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience
2018. Wachstum ermöglichen. Veränderungsprozesse begleiten in Psychotherapie und Beratung.
26 - 30 April 2018, GLE-International, Dresden, Germany
2017. Data Analysis in Social Sciences.
23 July - 6 August 2017, Summer School, Moscow district
2014. Autumn School on Data Analysis.
20 - 28 October 2014, Voronovo Trainig Centre, Moscow
2014. Stanford Online. Writing in the Sciences.
September - November 2014, Online Course
2012. GESIS Summer School on Survey Methodology: Web Surveys
11 - 25 August 2012 Cologne, Germany
Young Faculty Support Program (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "New Researchers" (2017-2018)
Courses (2022/2023)
- Academic Approaches to Personality Research (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Positive Psychology" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Positive Psychology" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
Theories of Personality (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; field of study "37.03.01. Психология", field of study "37.03.01. Психология"; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Workshop: Design and Measurement in Personality Psychology Research (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2021/2022)
- Academic Approaches to Personality Research (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3 year, 3 module)Rus
- Personality Development (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
- Professional Development of Psychologist (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Project Seminar "Applied Positive Psychology" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Project Seminar "Applied Positive Psychology" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Positive Psychology" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Positive Psychology" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Theories of Personality 1 (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3 year, 1 module)Rus
- Theories of Personality 2 (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3 year, 2 module)Rus
- Workshop: Design and Measurement in Personality Psychology Research (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Courses (2020/2021)
- Personality Development (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
- Project Seminar "Applied Positive Psychology" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Positive Psychology" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Theories of Personality 1 (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3 year, 1 module)Rus
- Theories of Personality 2 (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3 year, 2 module)Rus
Conferences
- 2018International Symposium "Happiness beyond well-being" (Москва). Presentation: Through the lens of personality development: Where mindfulness and self-reflection come into balance?
- Международная научно-практическая конференция «Личность в эпоху перемен: mobilis in mobili» (Москва). Presentation: Ресурсы саморегуляции в их связи с развитием личности
- 201717th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Theoretical Psychology (Tokio, Japan). Presentation: Further evidence for Vygotsky's laws of personality development
- 9th SELF Biennial International Conference (Melbourne, Australia). Presentation: Impossible selves: empirical specification of H. Markus' Possible selves theory
- 20169th International Conference on Dialogical Self (Lublin, Poland). Presentation: The contribution of self-reflection and inner dialogue to ego development
- II Международный семинар "Психология диалога и мир человека" (Уфа). Presentation: Внутренняя диалоговая активность и рефлексивные процессы на различных уровнях развития личности
- 2015III Всероссийская конференция по психологической диагностике (Челябинск). Presentation: Проблема психометрической проверки методик с выбором номинативного варианта ответа
- 20131st World Conference on Personality (Stellenbosch, South Africa). Presentation: Using the Internet in longitudinal personality research: advantages and restrictions
Dissertation for a degree of Candidate of Science
V. Kostenko Рефлексивные предпосылки личностной зрелости
Publications7
- Article Osin E. N., Voevodina E., Kostenko V. A growing concern for meaning: Exploring the links between ego development and eudaimonia // Frontiers in Psychology. 2023. Vol. 14. Article 958721. doi
- Article Grishutina M., Kostenko V. Variety of Possible Selves: The Role of Agency and Empirical Evidence Review // Psychology. Journal of the Higher School of Economics. 2022. Vol. 19. No. 2. P. 405-423. doi
- Preprint Osin E.N., Voevodina E. Y., Kostenko V. Yu. Eudaimonia Involves Complexity: Ego Development And Eudaimonic Functioning / National Research University Higher School of Economics. Series WP BRP 34/EDU/2016 "Higher School of Economics Research Paper". 2021. No. WP BRP 125/PSY/2021. doi
- Chapter Kostenko V., Leontiev D. The contribution of self-reflection and inner dialogue to personality development, in: Dialogical Self: Inspirations, Considerations and Research. Lublin : Towarzystwo Naukowe Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego Jana Pawła II, 2018. Ch. 9. P. 155-171.
- Article Leontiev D., Lebedeva A., Kostenko V. Pathways of Personality Development: Following Lev Vygotsky’s Guidelines // Educational studies. 2017. No. 2. P. 98-112. doi
- Article Леонтьев Д. А., Лебедева А. А., Костенко В. Ю. Траектории личностного развития: реконструкция взглядов Л.С. Выготского // Вопросы образования. 2017. № 2. С. 98-112. doi
- Article Костенко В. Ю. Возможное Я: Подход Хейзел Маркус // Психология. Журнал Высшей школы экономики. 2016. Т. 13. № 2. С. 421-430.
Grants
2020-2022. Measurement of Personality Development with Sentence Completion Test: Conceptual Issues and the Status of the Rater (Russian Science Foundation).
2019-2021. Development of Personality in Students with Disability in Conditions of Inclusive Distance Learning (Russian Foundation for Basic Research).
2017-2019. Personality Development Through the Transition from Childhood to Adulthood: Psychological Mechanisms, Indicators, and Trajectories (Russian Foundation for Basic Research).
2016-2017. Investigation of the Psychological Characteristics of Parenthood of a Child with Developmental Disabilities in Biological and Foster Families (Russian Foundation for Humanities).
2014-2016. The Role of Inner Dialogue and Self-reflection in Personality Self-regulation, Self-attitude, and Self-development (Russian Foundation for Humanities).
Employment history
From 2012 I have been working in the Laboratory of Positive Psychology under the guidance of prof. D.A. Leontiev (at first in the Academic Group of Positive Psychology and Quality of Life, then in the International Laboratory of Positive Psychology of Personality and Motivation); from 2020 to the present time, I am an associate professor in the School of Psychology and academic supervisor of master's program "Positive Psychology." I lead academic and applied research projects and develop education programs.
When There Is No One Around
How solitude differs from loneliness